V de V Sports
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V de V Series is a motor racing organisation that owns and runs a group of international motor racing championships. Based in Paris, the majority of events are held in France although the series regularly visits Spain and Portugal and has also visited Belgium, Germany and Italy. The organisation takes its name from founder Eric van de Vyver. The van de Vyer family is involved in most aspects of running the series, having its own racing team within the series.
Championships
[edit | edit source]V de V has hosted five separate championships;
- Challenge Monoplace, for open wheel racing cars
- Challenge Endurance Proto, for prototype sports racing cars
- Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme, for GT sport cars and touring cars
- Challenge Funyo, a one-make series of prototype sports racing cars
- Challenge Endurance VHC, for historic GT sport cars and touring cars
The series are recognised and sanctioned by the FIA as International Series.[1]
Challenge Monoplace
[edit | edit source]Introduced in 2010, this series caters for a wide variety of eligible open wheel racing cars, mostly second hand from other series. The majority of present cars are Formula Renault 2.0L cars built by Tatuus or Barazi-Epsilon. Formula 3, Formula Master, Formula Nissan, Formula Renault 1.6L, Formula Campus, Formula BMW, Formula Abarth and some Formula Fords are also eligible. Champions sourced from:[2]
| Year | Champion | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | France Philippe Haezebrouck | Tatuus FR2000 Renault |
| 2011 | France Simon Gachet | Tatuus FR2000 Renault |
| 2012 | France Hugo Blanchot | Tatuus FR2000 Renault |
| 2013 | France John Filippi | Tatuus N.T07 Honda |
| 2014 | Italy Daniele Cazzaniga | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 Renault |
| 2015 | Switzerland David Droux | Tatuus FR 2.0-13 Renault |
| 2016 | Australia Alex Peroni | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10 |
| 2017 | France Gilles Heriau | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0–10 |
| 2018 | Argentina Nicolás Varrone | Barazi-Epsilon FR2.0-10 |
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Challenge Funyo
[edit | edit source]Single-marque competition with prototypes from Y.O Concept (Funyo).[3]
| Year | Champion | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | France Jacques Fontbonne | Funyo 4 RC |
| 2009 | France David Monclair | Funyo 4 RC |
| 2010 | France François Heriau | Funyo 4 RC |
| 2011 | France Marc-Antoine Dannielou | Funyo 5 |
| 2012 | France Nicolas Cannard | Funyo 5 |
| 2013 | France Serge Heriau | Funyo 5 |
| 2014 | France Jean Quelet | Funyo 5 |
| 2015 | France Romain Houllier | Funyo 5 |
| 2016 | France Romain Houllier | Funyo SP05 |
| 2017 | France Nicolas Cannard | |
| 2018 | France Aurélien Robineau |
Challenge Endurance Proto
[edit | edit source]Champions sourced from:[4]
| Year | Champion | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Rob Croydon
|
Juno SSE |
| 2008 | France David Caussanel France Julien Schell |
Ligier JS49 Honda |
| 2009 | France Philippe Mondolot France David Zollinger |
Norma M20 F Honda |
| 2010 | France Philippe Mondolot France David Zollinger |
Norma M20 F Honda |
| 2011 | France Philippe Mondolot France David Zollinger |
Norma M20 F Honda |
| 2012 | France Thomas Accary France Sébastien Dhouailly |
Norma M20 FC Honda |
| 2013 | France Philippe Mondolot France David Zollinger |
Norma M20 FC Honda |
| 2014 | France Vincent Capillaire | Norma M20 FC Honda |
| 2015 | France Thomas Accary | Norma M20 FC Honda |
| 2016 | France Alain Ferté France Philippe Illiano Spain Ander Vilariño |
Norma M20 FC Honda |
| 2017 | France Alain Ferté France Philippe Illiano Spain Ander Vilariño |
Norma M20 FC Honda |
Challenge Endurance GT/Tourisme
[edit | edit source]Champions sourced from:[5]
| Year | Champion | Car |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | France Pierre Benoist France Jean-Paul Pagny |
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR |
| 2008 | France Jean-Paul Pagny | Ferrari F430 |
| 2009 | France David Loger France Eric Mouez |
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S |
| 2010 | France Christophe Bourret France Pascal Gibon |
Porsche 997 GT3 RSR |
| 2011 | France Anthony Pons | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR |
| 2012 | France Patrice Milesi | Porsche 997 GT3 RSR |
| 2013 | France Jean-Philippe Belloc France Pascal Gibon |
Porsche 997 GT3-R |
| 2014 | France Patrice Lafargue France Paul Lafargue |
Porsche 997 GT3-R |
| 2015 | France Jean-Paul Pagny France Thierry Perrier France Jean-Bernard Bouvet |
Ferrari F458 Italia GT2 |
| 2016 | France Jean-Paul Pagny
France Thierry Perrier |
Ferrari F458 Italia GT2 & Ferrari F488 GT3 |
| 2017 | France David Loger France Éric Mouez |
Ferrari 458 GT3 |
| 2018 | France Jean-Paul Pagny France Thierry Perrier France Jean-Bernard Bouvet |
Ferrari F488 GT3 |
Challenge Endurance VHC
[edit | edit source]VHC stands for Véhicule historiques de compétition. Originally there was only one overall champion. For the 2009 season, the championships for Prototype and GT cars were separated. Champions sourced from:[6]
| Year | Champion | Car | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | France Miguel Langin France Bernard Moreau |
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR | ||
| 2008 | Switzerland Patrick Biehler Switzerland Marc de Siebenthal |
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR | ||
| Year | Prototype | GT | ||
| Champion | Car | Champion | Car | |
| 2009 | France Yann Le Calvez France Lionel Robert |
Elva Mk.8 | France Miguel Langin France Bernard Moreau |
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR |
| 2010 | France Yann Le Calvez | Elva Mk.8 | France Miguel Langin France Bernard Moreau |
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR |
| 2011 | France Marc Alloend-Bessand France Sylvain Guanzini |
Elva Mk.8 | France Miguel Langin France Bernard Moreau |
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR |
| 2012 | France Jean-Marc Bachelier France Eric Vincenot |
Ford GT40 | France Miguel Langin France Bernard Moreau |
Porsche 911 3.0 RSR |
| 2013 | France Yann Le Calvez | Elva Mk.8 | Switzerland Serge Kriknoff | Porsche 911 2.8 RSR |
| 2014 | France Christophe Kubryk France "Nelson" |
March 81S | Germany Peter Mülder Germany Patrick Simon |
Porsche 911 3.0 SC RS Porsche 964 Cup |
| 2015 | France "John Doe" | Chevron B60 | France Franck Thybaud | Porsche 944 Cup |
| 2016 | Luxembourg Alain Bazard | Ford GT40 | France Lionel Robert France Olivier Huez |
Lucchini SP91 Evo n°9 |
Racing team
[edit | edit source]The V de V racing team owns a Mosler MT900 GT3 which races in the Endurance GT/Tourisme, and a TVR Griffith and Hema Porsche which race in Endurance VHC. In 2015 their primary team parked the Mosler and began racing an Audi R8 LMS in conjunction with AB Sport racing team.
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